NFL NFC and AFC Divisional Round preview and predictions
Playoff fever is back in Philadelphia for the first time since 2013. Foles was awfully shaky in place of the injured Carson Wentz and the team fumbled four times, losing two of them. Nick Foles will be at the helm, but that doesn't mean Philly doesn't have a shot.
The Falcons, who so memorably blew a 28-3 second-half lead in last year's Super Bowl, won't get a chance to atone for that defeat.
Philadelphia forced a punt on Atlanta's next drive but on the return, multiple Eagles were unable to come up with possession of the loose ball after it was touched and the Falcons took over at the Philadelphia 18.
Philadelphia Eagles' LeGarrette Blount in action during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Philadelphia.
Even still, the Eagles were able to secure the top seed in the NFC for the 2018 NFL Playoffs. I bet that at least seven of their defensive players will get drafted in the next two years. And with the edge rushers that the Eagles also can throw at them, that could very well translate to the Falcons quarterback spending a lot of the afternoon on the turf. They lost Wentz to the knee injury in a win over the Rams on December 10, and though they won two of their final three games, the offense struggled under Nick Foles, Wentz's replacement.
"For us every week it starts with the run game because so much of what we do comes off the run game", Sarkisian said.
Entering their NFC divisional playoff Saturday with the Falcons, the Birds have outscored the opposition by 192 points in home games in that time, including 122 points this season. Winning in Philadelphia is no easy task.
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Prediction: This game will be decided the way most games are and that's in the trenches. They did have a 13-3 record, but the competition they played this season has not been great.
And the Minnesota Vikings, second only to the Patriots on the Super Bowl 52 odds, are five-point favorites against the New Orleans Saints with a 46.5 total in the late Sunday matchup.
From a pure match-up standpoint, Atlanta wants to run the ball; they make no bones about it. They capitalize on over-aggressiveness and often force quarterbacks into hasty decisions because of a solid pass rush that has produced 39 sacks.
They stopped sixth-seeded Atlanta (11-7) after it got to the 9 with a first down, and then on fourth down from the 2 when Matt Ryan's pass sailed over Julio Jones' head in the end zone. "This city has always longed for something". Now this team is suddenly playing as an underdog.
It doesn't take more than a handful of plays to figure out what makes Jones so special. Eagles' head coach Doug Pederson: making first postseason appearance as National Football League head coach ... Fletcher Cox has been vocal about proving the naysayers wrong.
"I haven't executed as well as I wanted to the past couple of weeks, but I go out there and play, and having this time to self-scout, you realize just go out there and play", Foles said. This is what we, as fans live for, moments like these. Ellerbe has played in 10 career playoff games.
"Honestly, and I'm not even lying to you, it doesn't bother me that much because before we started the season, no one thought we were going to be good", wide receiver Torrey Smith told reporters. It's one of those things where I feel like our fan base has been gearing up all year, and the closer we get, the louder they get. Who can remember Super Bowl 51?
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